LAS CRUCES &GT;&GT; As baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra used to say, "It ain't over 'til it's over." And it ain't over for baseball in Las Cruces.

After leaving Las Cruces two years ago, the Vaqueros semi-professional baseball team will again play in the Pecos League in 2015.

"I get to wear my hat again," Las Crucen Brian Theodorson said.

Pecos League President Andrew Dunn said Wednesday the Vaqueros will return to Apodaca Park next season as one of nine teams in the league.

"The schedule won't be finalized and released until Friday, but it's looking more and more like it's going to happen," said Dunn. "From a travel perspective, if the Pecos League is going to keep its franchise in Arizona, then it makes sense we have a team in Las Cruces."

Wednesday, the league's website, www.pecosleague.com, included the caps of nine teams: the Alpine (Texas) Cowboys, the Bisbee (Arizona) Blue, the Vaqueros, Las Vegas Train Robbers, Roswell Invaders, Santa Fe Fuego, Taos Blizzard, Trinidad (Colorado) Triggers and White Sands Pupfish. Santa Fe was the league champion this season, and the Triggers were featured in a six-episode reality series on the Fox Sports 1 cable network this summer.

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Each Pecos League team will play a 70-game season next year. The league will be divided into three divisions, which includes Las Cruces, Bisbee and Las Vegas in the southern division; Trinidad, Santa Fe and Taos in the northern division; and Roswell, Alpine and White Sands — which plays its games in Alamogordo — in the western division. The winner of each division will advance to the league playoffs. The fourth league playoff spot will be decided between the two teams with the best records that didn't win their division. Those two "wild card" teams will have a one-game playoff.

Dunn said the 2015 Pecos League all-star game will be played in Santa Fe.

The Pecos League is independent and not affiliated with Major League Baseball. It is generally considered the lowest level of professional baseball, but Dunn was quick to say numerous players in the league — as well as former Vaqueros — have been promoted.

"We just had our first player pitch in the majors, for the Texas Rangers," Dunn said. "We've had a lot of players move up, get promoted, quite a few this year. ... What a lot of people may not know is that every player on the last Vaqueros team got promoted, too."

City officials said Wednesday they will be meeting with Dunn in the coming months to finalize details for the team's return to Apodaca Park. When the Vaqueros left Las Cruces after the 2012 season, the team — and the league — left on good terms with the city.

"I have not talked with Andrew lately," said Mark Johnston, city parks and recreation director. "However, I know he was working on securing a vendor to serve beer at the facility and was optimistic about getting things in place for next spring. He'll be working with our legal folks on the licensing requirements. The rental of the stadium will be processed as a facility rental, similar to how we operate with tournaments and adult leagues. The rental rate will be based on hours of use and level of maintenance requested for each game."

Dunn added he was hopeful he could meet with New Mexico State University officials to discuss the possibilities of playing Vaqueros games at Presley Askew Field, where $1.4 million in renovations are expected to be made.

When the Vaqueros disbanded after the 2012 season, Dunn was critical of the lack of business support the team received while it was in Las Cruces. Dunn said he was urged, during a meeting earlier this year with business leaders, not to bring the Vaqueros back.

"There's not going to be that backfill of support," Dunn said wistfully. "That's just the way it is. But you've got to have a place to start. We can make it work in Las Cruces because of our league. Let's play ball and do the best we can."

In the three seasons the Vaqueros were in the Pecos League, the team had a 86-68 record.

Some Las Crucens said they welcome the Vaqueros return.

"We have missed them, we will be there," said Terri-Lyn Mick, in a post on the Sun-News' Facebook page.

"Let's show the boys some support Las Cruces," added David Ortiz.

The 2015 Pecos League season will be from May 21 through July 31. Tickets will be $6 per person.